Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Mark Twain

If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith, and our capacity for faith), if I did not have faith that the works of mercy do lighten the sum total of suffering in the world, so that those who are suffering on both sides of this ghastly struggle somehow mysteriously find their pain lifted and some balm of consolation poured on their wounds, if I did not believe these things, the problem of evil would indeed be overwhelming.

Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

William Feather

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

Marcel Carne

Never floss with a stranger.

Joan Rivers

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Nelson Mandela

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.

Anton Chekhov

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

Russell Baker

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Richard M. Nixon

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

Paul Harvey

If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.

Tom Hanks

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.

J. C. Watts